"To offer no resistance to life is to be in a state of grace, ease and lightness. This state is then no longer dependent upon things being in a certain way, good or bad."  ~ Practicing The Power of Now

All Seasons Have Something to Offer

“Things have their time, even eminence bows to timeliness.” 

― Balthasar Gracian, The Art of Worldly Wisdom

"Death is only a door. When one closes, another one opens." ~ David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

“He who angers you conquers you.” ~ Elizabeth Kenny

Notice how people and events now drain you of energy, then notice how something in you objects to it, then use these principles to keep your own energy for yourself, which is not selfishness. ~ Vernon Howard

"It used to break my heart but now I just accept that they are fools." ~ Anonymous

"We're all on journeys, we're all given lessons. Sometimes when things seem really bad, you have to be able to see the good and learn from it and move forward as graciously as possible."  ~ Liberty Ross

Don't expect everyone to love or even like you...

Live and let live, but be sure to take solace in the poor quality of character in your enemies. When it's mostly the horrible people who are hating you, you must be doing something right. ~ Anonymous

When you recognize that there is a voice in your head that pretends to be you and never stops speaking, you are awakening out of your unconscious identification with the stream of thinking. When you notice that voice, you realize that who you are is not the voice — the thinker — but the one who is aware of it. ~ Eckhart Tolle

Pay no attention to the faults of others, things done or left undone by others. Consider only what by oneself is done or left undone.  -  Buddhist Quote

"Every experience is an opportunity for awakening to the deeper or deepening of consciousness" ~ Jerome

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others.- Buddhist Quote

"... he's the boss who tells jokes and waits for you to laugh...or else." ~ James Lipton 

Stress is a Choice

"Most of us create our own hell...It’s a creation in our mind, purely illusory. Our unhappiness is generally a reaction to some outside force. In other words, we allow ourselves to become a victim of a circumstance." ~  Terry A. Gordon, M.D.

http://www.drterrygordon.com/inspirational-resources/stress-is-a-choice/

"Respond to Life flowing through it and around it." ~ Jerry

“... Out of clutter find simplicity; from discord find harmony; in the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." ~ Albert Einstein

"Attempts to change exterior conditions without first altering the inner self are a sad waste of energy. A person can go ahead and switch his residence or profession or friends, but, unless self-change comes first, he will not find lasting satisfaction in them." ~ Vernon Howard

"Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week." ~ Maggie Kuhn

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers. ~Khalil Gibran

"Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward." ~ Achaan Chah

"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." ~ Plato